Workforce Development Quotes

I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers.

One of the ways you go after the debt, one of the ways you create jobs is by investing in people.

If you don't have an auto industry, you will not be secure as a nation because you won't have a backbone like manufacturing to be able to put people to work in producing the means to you keep you secure.

Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system.

In the United States, resources exist to retrain displaced workers and promote the development of technologies that create new job opportunities for American workers.

Floridians are a strong, resilient people. We are fortunate to live in a great state where all Floridians enjoy opportunities to get a great job and a world-class education.

In America, we started the public school system very early in the century, and as a consequence we had more skilled workers than any nation on Earth, which meant that we were more productive than any nation on Earth.

Our nations workers are our nation’s greatest asset.

For me, it is all about people having jobs, and that is why I make no apology for having focused relentlessly on employment and job creation.

In the economy today, everybody understands that we need a well educated workforce. This is 2016. When we talk about public education, it can no longer be K through 12th grade. I do believe that public colleges and universities should be tuition free.

Tax cuts were not going to be effective at creating jobs, and the job creation record is lousy.

Employers are as sensitive to housing costs as their employees, which is why, when we build more houses, we create more jobs.

I think it's important to focus on our economy, on jobs, on getting America back to work.

Our children and grandchildren are not going to have the same standard of living unless we educate that workforce.

Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.

During my administration, we've welcomed a broad and diverse group of industries to New Mexico, including high-tech and traditional manufacturing, health care, information technology and finance. Some are homegrown New Mexico companies; others are global leaders in their industries.

We need a conservative welfare reform initiative that is focused on putting people back to work and ensures taxpayer money is only spent on programs that have been proven to work.

I feel we should be able … to find a way of employing more of these so-called unemployables

Doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican in Michigan. We want jobs in Michigan.

The skills and productivity of American Workers, not to mention the taxes they pay, are the greatest economic resource our country has. To condemn large numbers of them to unemployment, to deprive the Treasury of their tax contributions and to force them to live on unemployment at public expense is the most expensive luxury any society ever chose to buy.

The welfare system was designed to do something different when it was started than what it does now. It was a safety net to help people get back to work: if they were sick, it would help them get back.

We have to help young people, because at the end of the day, we won't have an economy if we don't have them.

I have been firming up and making changes in my roster for 2001. This needs to be done from now and then, to make sure what you are booking is working, and to keep a balance in your roster that works.

What out country is facing right now is a skills gap.

I need a partner in D.C. that cares about jobs.